Starting at WGHS

Starting at Westlake Girls High School

Welcome to Westlake Girls’ High School, you can find lots of great information here in our Parents / Caregivers’ Guide and in our Practical Information section.

The following are the Term Dates for 2025:

Term 1: Tuesday 28 January to Friday 11 April
(Monday 27 January is Auckland Anniversary Day = school is closed)
(Waitangi Day is Thursday 6 February = school is closed)
(Easter (Good Friday = 18 April, Easter Monday = 21 April) and ANZAC Day Friday = 25 April are all in the Term 1 break)

Term 2: Monday 28 April to Friday 27 June
(King’s Birthday is Monday 2 June = school is closed)
(Matariki Celebration Day is Friday 20 June = school is closed)

Term 3: Monday 14 July to Friday 19 September

Term 4: Monday 6 October to Friday 5 December
(Labour Day is Monday 27 October = school is closed)

Student starting information for 2025 in the section below

Please note: Thursday 6 February is Waitangi Day and school is closed.

School buses will be running from early February 2025, tying in with the start of the school year. If you are dropping your daughter at school by car, we recommend using one of the surrounding streets as a drop off point. Smales Farm does not allow parking for school drop off/collection and issue infringement tickets. There are bike racks between B and C Blocks for cycling to school. Please ensure your daughter has a lock for her bike. The school gates are closed from 3 – 3.30pm each day for the safety of our students, so you will be unable to enter the school grounds to collect your daughter. We recommend arranging a drop-off and collection point in one of the surrounding streets.

Click here for the Bus Timetables

On Tuesday 28 January 2025, Students new to Westlake Girls at Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 need to go to the covered area in the quad outside the Event Centre at 9.00am. They will be welcomed and taken to their 2025 form class.

All Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 students that attended Westlake Girls High School in 2024 are to go to their 2024 form rooms at 9.30am.

All students will be released at approximately 11.30am. School buses have not been requested to operate this day.

Year 13 student leaders will need to remain at school on Tuesday 28 January until 3pm.

Thursday 30 January is a Timetable Day 4 and the first day of classes being taught. Form time begins at 8.50am.

Year 9 students in 2024 start on Wednesday 29 January 2025. It will be a full day from 9am to 3pm, and an Orientation Day for the Year 9s only.

All Year 9 students meet in covered area in the quad outside the Events Centre at 9.00am. They will be welcomed into the Events Centre and introduced to key staff. Students will then be divided into Form/House classes and taken to their form rooms.

An orientation programme will run for the day taken by the Year 13 student leaders. The Year 9 students will have activities to get them to know other class members, be taken on tours of the school, attend an ICT session to log into the school network and a library session. Year 9 students should bring their laptop to school on this day.

Thursday 30 January is a Timetable Day 4 and the first day of classes being taught. Form time begins at 8.50am.

Students should be in correct uniform, including skirt or culottes, blouse, blazer (optional), and sandals or shoes/socks. Students will not need to bring their full range of stationery for their first day at high school. However, they should bring:

  • School bag
  • Refill paper
  • Pen
  • Laptop
  • A padlock (if you have hired a locker)
  • Lunch/morning tea
  • Water bottle

Your daughter will not be permitted to leave the school grounds until the day finishes..